Washing-machine.



H. M. SHEERc WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mso JUNE a. 191s.

.Patented Nov. lg, 19l8.

3 SHEETS-SHEET H. M. SHEER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men JUNE s. i915.

Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SH'EIET 2.

i. (V1. SNEEK WASHING MACHINE. MPL10/more Paene Nov. 21 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

HENRY 1M. SHEER, OF QUNCY, LLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Speccatcii of Letters Patent. patiente@ Nov, 1g, QSQ

Application filed June 3, 1915. Serial No. 31,914.

in washing-inachines, and more particularly of the type for domestic purposes, in which the machine is constructed and adapted to be placed directly on the stove, the primary object being to provide simple means for fastening the ren'iovable door of' the cylinder of the washing-machine in place.

In the accompanying drawings:-

A Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View with the cover renioved, and showing the door ot' the cylinder in place;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken through the handles and bearings and on the line 4-40 Fig. 1.

Fig.5 is a View in perspective with parts disassembled. Y

The numeral l is the tank or bolle This, of' course, may be iliade in any size and shape to suit requirements, although m the form shown it is rectangular'. The tank or boiler is adapted to be placed on the range or stove, and to receive the water of which only a limited amount is required to `be used in boiling and washingthe clothes to be laundried.

The numeral Q indicates the cylinder in which the laundry is placed. Bot-li the sides and ends of the cylinder are preferably perforated, the perforations 3, 8, in the sides being preferably relative large and in rows extending at intervals longitudinally of the cylinder, there being in the form illustrated some four rows of these perforation's, although, of course, there might be even more, or less. limiter-elevating tubes 4, 4, extend 'from one end ot' the cylinder to the other opposite these perforations 3, 3, and their open sides 5, 5, partially cover these perforations as shown in Fig. 2, the function of these tubes being to dip their fill of water as they turn through the lower portion of the tank or boiler (their ends being closed by the ends of the cylinder) and elevate it as the cylinder turns to a point over the clothes contained in the cylinder, whereupon the boiling water is discharged in jets through the row of perforations 6, on the inner surfaces of the' tubes or more orless opposite their open sides 5.

The relatively small perforations 7, 7, in

the ends of the cylinder, while of' course permitting a free circulation of water in the' washing-operation, are mainly designed to facilitate the draining ot the cylinder when it is lifted from the tank or boiler, these perforations being vsufficiently small to prevent buttons from getting caught in them.

Incidentally the tubes give strength to the cylinder, forming ribs longitudinally therethrough, and two of them are preferably located at the edge of the opening 8 in the cylinder as shown in Fig. 2.

A door l2 is provided for this opening S, it being rounded to complete the cylinder, and is preferably provided with inturned flanges 13, 125, at the opposite side edges which rest or fit upon corresponding flanges 14, 14, on the opposite edges of the opening` 8, which latter merge into the adjacent tubes. The ends of' the door are adapted to slide beneath the flanges 15, 15, of the cylindenheiuls, one end of the door being ,first slid under one flange, and then the other under the flangeat the opposite end of the cylinder.

A bail 16 is hinged at its ends to metal straps 17, 17, theends lof which latter overthe button 1S to form stops at its ends in position to strike the flanges 15, l5, of the cylinder, and thus prevent the door from getting out ofl place.

lVhen thus fastened, the clothes to be laundried are confined within the cylinder,

. from which they may be removed after liit ing the bail, and removing` the door therefrom.

,At least one end olthe bail is heut away Jfrom the door a trifle as at 19 to clear the flange 15 when raised to the elevating posi-- tion so as to permit the door to be slid sut'- ficiently far in one direction beneath the corresponding flange 15 that the other end .v 'in g24.I The 'crank 25 isjournaled in this of the door clears'the opposite ange 15 and l can be lifted out first 1n the operation of removing the door from the cylinder Whenever this is to be done.

The cylinder has axially-located trunlnions and 21 at opposite ends, which are v-removably supported in the open bearings 22, 22, in the ends of the tank or boiler.

1 AThe cover. 23 is removably fitted upon the tank or boiler, and at one end carries a bearbe'aring, andhas a small pinion '26 von its l inner end .within the cover in position to engage the larger gear-wheel 27 secured to the corresponding head of the cylinder 2 s urrounding and concentric with the trunnion .21, so that a part of the transmission-gear is on the. cylinder and a portion on the cover, and consequently the cylinder is intended to 20r be rotated only when the cover is in place on the tank or boiler. Thus the gear and pinion are absolutely safe, for when in operation they are entirely inclosed, and the operator is protected.

The cover is removably secured in place in any approved manner, and for convenience the hooks 28, 28, are placed at thev end of the tank or cylinder where the gear-wheel is located, and the flange 29 on the'end of the cover adjacent to the crank 1s first inserted beneath these hooks, when the cover is placed 'on Athe boiler or tank, thus bringing the teeth of the gear and pinion into mesh,

whereupon the cover is lowered into position, and the fasteners 30, 30 are swung over the ange at the opposite end. Of course I' .the cover could be held in any other approved manner, but I have shown and described this as a simple means for accomplishing the purpose.

Handles 31, 31, are secured at the opposite ends of the tank or boiler, and are prefj quired,just suHicient to-bring the water-level to one-half inch afbove the tubes when they are at. the bottom of the cylinder. It is only necessary to heat about half as much water las' required in vother types of washers.

The boiling hot water is dipped up by the water velevating tubes, as vthey traverse the bottom of the tank or boiler,'and discharge in small hot jets from above upon the clothes Within the cylinder.

l/Vhen operating the machine, the cylinder is occasionally reversed. In other words, it

is not necessary to continually turn the crank, as it may be turned occasionally in one direction and then in the other, so that the housewife can go about herother duties and not be constantly confined to the work of turning the machine. In this way, the laundry work is completed in a comparatively short time with the least amount of physical exertion and with a minimum eX- penditure of iuel and water.

.I claim: A

1. In a washing-machine, a cylinder having an opening in the side, a door removably itted to the opening, a bail pivoted to thedoor, the heads of the cylinder each having a flange beneath which the ends of the door are slid endwise, and means for holding the bail in the path of these flanges when against the door to prevent endwise movenient of the door and its removal from the I.

cylinder. l

2. vAr washing-machine cylinder having an openingin its side, and the heads of the cylinder fiangech a rounded slidingdoor for the opening, the edges of said door adapted to engage and rest upon the edges of the opening, and the endsof the door to be slid beneath the flanges of the Acylinder-heads, straps secured transversely to the door, and the ends ot'- which protrude :beyond the edges of the door in position to restupon the edges ot the opening in the cylinder, and a bail pivoted to the straps, one end ofwhich bail is bent away from the door to aii'ord clearance for the flange of the cylinder-head to allow the door to Slide farther endwise in one direction than in the other, whereby one end is cleared from the adjacent flange, so v that it may be swung therefrom in removing' the door from the cylinder, and the ends of the bail when swung against the door locking the latter against removal from the cylinder. In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY M. SHEER. lVitnesses:

HELEN KLUSMAN, M. J. KREIMEYER. 

